In 1537 the famous physician and alchemist Theophrastus Paracelsus of Hohenheim stayed here with Jan of Lipník, hereditary marshal of the Kingdom of Bohemia. He also had an alchemical laboratory here. (See Moravský Krumlov.)
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Kroměříž
- Municipality / starting point
- Kroměříž
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 60 km NE of Brna
Approximate location on the map
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 184
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.